December 1] 1899, in Onega – September 14, 1970, in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian archaeologist, who specialized in Scythian and Sarmatian archeology, classical philology, and ancient epigraphy.
[1] Grakov was graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology division of Moscow State University in 1922.
He identified the main milestones within the sixth to fourth century BC Sarmatian culture in the regions of Volga and Ural.
[2] In particular, between 1945 and 1947, he proposed the four-phase periodization scheme for history and culture of Sarmatian tribes in those regions.
[1] Grakov was an important mentor to Anna Melyukova, who became his collaborator on researching and publishing material on the Scythians, and upon his death, who succeeded him as the head of the department of Scythology at Moscow State University.